History
Basics
Cognitions
Distortions
Techniques
100

Which came first, cognitive therapy or behavior therapy?

Behavior therapy

100

CBT stands for:

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

100

Which type of cognition is at the front of our consciousness and therefore the easiest to identify?

Automatic thoughts

100

Name the distortion: "They think I'm stupid."

Mind-reading / jumping to conclusions

100

Looking for proof that a thought is or isn't true

Examining the evidence

200

Who is credited with creating CBT?

Aaron T. Beck

200

What are the points of the cognitive triangle?

Thoughts, feelings, behaviors

200

Which type of cognition is beneath automatic thoughts, in the middle of our consciousness?

Rules and assumptions

200

Name the distortion: "If it's not perfect, I have failed."

All-or-nothing thinking

200

Talking to yourself in the compassionate way you would talk to a friend

Double-standard technique

300

CBT was developed to treat which mental condition?

Depression

300

Cognitive ___ are forms of faulty or inaccurate thinking

Distortions

300

Which type of cognition is at the deepest part of our consciousness?

Core beliefs

300

Name the distortion: "This is going to be a disaster!"

Catastrophizing, future-telling 

300

Identifying the deeper cognition by asking, "If this were true, what would it mean?"

Downward-arrow technique

400

Which historical event increased the demand for quicker therapy treatments?

World War II

400

This is a tool used to identify and process your cognitions throughout the day.

Thought record

400

If-then statements are examples of which type of cognition?

Assumptions

400

Name the distortion: "Nothing good ever happens."

Over-generalizing

400

Asking yourself what a label means (e.j. "What do I mean when I call myself a loser?")

Defining terms

500

What is an example of a modern "third wave" cognitive behavioral therapy?

DBT or ACT

500

The cognitive triad includes views about ___, ___, and ___.

Oneself, the world, the future

500

Should or must statements are examples of which type of cognition?

Rules

500

Name the distortion: "I feel guilty, so I must be guilty."

Emotional reasoning

500

Instead of blaming yourself entirely for a problem, thinking about the many factors that contributed to it or who is really to blame

Reattribution